Frayed Knot

So, so far, this game is typical of recent NYM games: - our pitcher, despite allowing no (1st inning) baserunners, needed close to two innings worth of pitches (24) just to get through the opening frame - our offense allowed their hurler to get through an inning having to only retire two batters

First time since way back in Sunday's game, yeah. Looks like twice before also, all times in the 5-slot.

Russo, to his credit, was always one of the few on-air sports jocks who would talk national baseball stories rather than limiting himself to only those involving the local teams. Such stuff is a rarity for most of sports talk radio and is strictly forbidden on national shows (aka: all ESPN & FOX shows). As such, Mad Dog was a natural for MLBN to sign to do a one-hour daily show on their network. He's still the same goofball he always was (and I presume still is though I don't hear him now that he's off terrestrial radio) so the occasional inappropriate and/or just plain stupid comments are still in play, but at least his heart is in the right place.

=kcmets post_id=14844 time=1562092230 user_id=53] Anyone else feel the Subway Series seems a little vacant and not as meaningful since Jeter no longer participates?

Doo-Dah is indeed the second best walk-getter among all long-timey Mets, but still a long shot behind the red-headed leader. I wonder how much/if any coach Eddie Yost had on that aspect of the game. I get the feeling that coaches did a lot less in those days so possibly not a lot. But Yost, who in addition to STILL being the best fielding 3rd base coach I've ever seen, was known as 'The Walking Man' during his playing career and indeed he racked up a stunning .140 isolated OB rate over his 18 year long career, or a walk in about 17.5% of his career PA. Usually only power hitters lurk anywhere hear that territory and Yost was no power guy [5' 10 / 170 - 139 career HR] PlacePLAYERWalk Rate 1)Wayne Garrett.111 2)Lucas Duda97 3)Darryl Strawberry96 4)John Milner94 5)Lee Mazzilli93 T-6Keith Hernandez90 T-6Howard Johnson90 T-6Bud Harrelson90 9)Carlos Beltran89 10)Todd Hundley83 BatMags = 7 Points Edgy = 18 Points Chad O = 7 Points Ashie: = 2 MFS = -1 The remainder of the list: T-11) Rusty Staub .082 T-11) John Stearns .082 13) David Wright .080 T14) Mike Piazza .077 T-14) Ron Swoboda .077 16) Edgardo Alfonzo .075 17) Wally Backman .070 18) Dave Kingman 0.68 19) Tommie Agee .067 20) Jerry Grote .065 T-21) Cleon Jones .059 T-21) Kevin McReynolds .059 T-23) Ed Kranepool .055 T-23) George Foster .055 25) Jose Reyes .052 26) Hubie Brooks .051 27) Felix Millan .048 28) Rey Ordonez .045 T-29) Mookie Wilson .043 T-29 Daniel Murphy .043 I knew Muffy was a low walker (to borrow a term from Seinfeld), but I wouldn't have guessed him for dead last if this were a quiz designed the other way around. As a Nat he upped that to .051 btw, bad news to the second place finishers: I'm all out of steak knife sets. I'm also out of Cadillac El Dorados

How 'bout John Milner in 4th AND Todd Hundley in 10th!!! PlacePLAYERWalk Rate 1)Wayne Garrett.111 2)97 3)Darryl Strawberry96 4)John Milner94 5)Lee Mazzilli93 T-6Keith Hernandez90 T-6Howard Johnson90 T-6Bud Harrelson90 9)Carlos Beltran89 10)Todd Hundley83 BatMags = 7 Points Edgy = 13 Points Chad O = 7 Points Ashie: = 2 MFS = -1

Fonzie was a pedestrian 16th in walk rate as a Met Think power! BatMags = 7 Points Edgy = 8 Points Chad O = 2 Points Ashie: = 2 MFS = -1

And so ends a 10-18 month of June ... and the sad part is, that's Twice As Many wins as last June! (5-21)

btw, props to Wilmer Font. This isn't possible without him quashing the previous inning's potential dumpster fire.

Top o' the Braves order. Fasten seatbelts.

Diaz is REALLY going to need to save this one - or else he'll be polling behind DiBlasio in the polls (assuming he isn't already).

Braves got us just where they want us.

I somehow erased the post where I said that Backman & McReynolds were wrong but that HoJo was right - although not in the right place.

BUDDY!! Unlike Rey, he complemented his generally weak bat and great glove with a relatively high OBP (.234/.324) PlacePLAYERWalk Rate 1)Wayne Garrett.111 2)97 3)Darryl Strawberry96 4)94 5)Lee Mazzilli93 T-6Keith Hernandez90 T-6Howard Johnson90 T-6Bud Harrelson90 9)Carlos Beltran89 10)83 BatMags = 7 Points Edgy = 8 Points Chad O = 3 Points Ashie: +3 -1 = 2 = 2 MFS = -1

BUDDY!! Unlike Rey, he complemented his generally weak bat and great glove with a relatively high OBP (.234/.324) PlacePLAYERWalk Rate 1)Wayne Garrett.111 2)97 3)Darryl Strawberry96 4)94 5)Lee Mazzilli93 T-6Keith Hernandez90 T-6Howard Johnson90 T-6Bud Harrelson90 9)Carlos Beltran89 10)83 BatMags = 7 Points Edgy 5 Points Chad O = 3 Points Ashie: +3 -1 = 2 = 2 MFS = -1

If we get out of the inning down by only five runs I'd consider it an accomplishment. oe: 2 down, 3 to go, and still no outs

It's so unlike ESPN to spend part of the game plugging other ESPN events.

It's so unlike ESPN to spend part of the game plugging a different ESPN event.

Edgy MD wrote: And please double check Magadan and Granderson. I don't see how they couldn't be there. Because they were 34th & 35th in ABs and so they don't qualify as per the above rules. BatMags = 7 Points Edgy 6 Points Chad O = 3 Points MFS = -1

Edgy MD wrote: One of those ties for sixth is Strawb. Like the late Dr. John, you're in the right place but the wrong time ... or something like that. PlacePLAYERWalk Rate 1)Wayne Garrett.111 2)97 3)Darryl Strawberry96 4)94 5)Lee Mazzilli93 T-6Keith Hernandez90 T-690 T-690 9)Carlos Beltran89 10)83

That would make for a good trivia question - the one Kirkjian just recited Most career HRs while never hitting 50 -- Hank Aaron (755 total) Most w/o ever hitting 40 or more -- Eddie Murray (504) Most w/o ever hitting 30 -- Al Kaline (399) Most w/o ever topping 20 -- Ron Fairly at a whopping 215! (I wonder if even Ran Fairly knows the answer to that one)

Nice of the 1st base ump to yell 'INFIELD FLY' right into Alonso's microphone.

Piazza (.077) didn't walk as much as one might have thought he would. He winds up 14th on this list. Wright, was 13th (.080) BatMags = 7 Points Edgy 3 Points Chad O = 3 Points MFS = -1

Beltran hit .280 / .369 as a Met, good enough for [CROSSOUT]10th[/CROSSOUT] 9th place PlacePLAYERWalk Rate 1)Wayne Garrett.111 2) 3) 4) 5)Lee Mazzilli93 T-6Keith Hernandez90 T-6 T-6 9)Carlos Beltran89 10) BatMags = 8 Points Edgy 3 Points Chad O = 3 Points Rickey (118) would have won, but he had half as many NYM ABs as Duffy Dyer and it would have taken me forever to put this together if I went that deep. oe: quick correction on Beltan's placement

PlacePLAYERWalk Rate 1)Wayne Garrett.111 2) 3) 4) 5)Lee Mazzilli93 T-6Keith Hernandez90 T-6 T-6 9) 10) BatMags = 8 Points Edgy 3 Points